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SUMMARY:Creative Minds: A Conversation with Ryan Josey\, Joanna Close\, Sarah Mosher\, and Hannah GEnosko
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal conversation in the Gallery with four artists featured in the exhibition Conversation Threads. Artists Joanna Close\, Ryan Josey\, Sarah Mosher\, and Hannah Genosko will explore the ways textile traditions have preserved and transformed culture through their material practices.   \n\n\n\nEach artist will speak about their work on view\, so visitors can expect to move between the artworks.   \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration is encouraged as there are limited seats available. \n\n\n\n\nReserve Your Seat\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Creative Minds\n\n\n\nThe Creative Minds series hosts community leaders and creatives to respond to current events\, exhibitions on view\, or artworks in the Gallery. Through conversation\, music\, poetry\, or movement\, these events aim to provoke new ideas\, explore the unexpected and create more understanding for everyone involved. \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Installation view of Conversation Threads\, 2026. Taken at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/creative-minds-a-conversation-with-ryan-josey-joanna-close-sarah-mosher-and-hanna-genosko/
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Creative Minds
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Hangama Amiri at the Halifax Central Library
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Halifax Central Library on Thursday\, April 16\, for conversation between artist Hangama Amiri and Elizabeth Diggon\, curator at Esker Foundation in Calgary. \n\n\n\nHangama Amiri works predominantly in textiles\, examining notions of home and how gender\, social norms and geopolitical conflict affect the daily lives of women in Afghanistan and the diaspora. Amiri holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Amiri was shortlisted for the 2025 Sobey Art Award. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Diggon is a curator at Esker Foundation\, Calgary. Recent curatorial projects have included Anthony Cudahy: metronome yawned (with Shauna Thompson)\, Leonard Suryajaya: Parting Gift for Quarantine Blues\, Farah Al Qasimi: Letters for Occasions\, and Hangama Amiri: PARTING/فراق\, which recently toured to the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. Her writing has been published in catalogues including Veronika Pausova: Fast Moving Sun and Rebellious: Alberta Women Artists in the 1980s\, as well as in exhibition texts for galleries across Canada. Diggon holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies and an M.A. in Art History from Queen’s University\, Kingston. \n\n\n\nPhoto by Christina + Nathan Photography. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis program is presented by the National Gallery of Canada\, the Sobey Art Foundation\, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia\, and Halifax Public Library. \n\n\n\nRegistration is encouraged. Walk-ins are welcome. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://agns.ca/event/artist-talk-with-hangama-amiri-at-the-halifax-central-library/
LOCATION:Paul O’Regan Hall\, Halifax Central Library\, 5440 Spring Garden Road\, Halifax\, B3J 1E9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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SUMMARY:Painting & Pints: Maud Lewis - Tulips
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is an artist at the AGNS’s adult paint night! Join artist Meggie Richards for a fun evening at the gallery\, as she guides you through making a painting you’ll be proud to take home at the end of the evening. On this date you’ll be painting tulips\, inspired by Maud’s Tulips painting. \n\n\n\nDrinks will be available for purchase\, with ID. All materials provided- everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. Bring your friends and come have a blast! 19+ \n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs painted by artist Meggie Richards.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/painting-pints-maud-lewis-tulips-4/
CATEGORIES:Adult-Only,Halifax Events
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SUMMARY:French Tour of Conversation Threads
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Alliance Française Halifax\, we invite you to join a guided tour of the exhibition Conversation Threads in French. \n\n\n\nAdmission is free from 5-9pm during BMO Free Access Thursday\, however registration through AFH is encouraged.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister with Alliance Française\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick here for more information about Alliance Française Halifax.  \n\n\n\nFeatured Image: Installation view of Conversation Threads\, 2026. Taken at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
URL:https://agns.ca/event/french-tour-3/
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